Egg-recording nest.



L. S. LINDER.

EGG RiCOBDING NEST. APPLICATION FILED nov. 1. m5.

Patented May 6, 1919.

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EGG RECORDING NEST.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1, I915.

Patented May 6, 1919.

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EGG-RECORDING NEST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 6, 1919.

Application filed November 1, 1015. Serial No. 58,000.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEOPOLD S. Lrnonn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mankato, in the county of Blue Earth and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Egg-Recordin Nests, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to egg recording nests and has for its object to provide a nest entrance such that when a hen enters the nest the entrance thereto is barred to other hens who may seek to use it until the hen occupying the nest shall have vacated it, leaving the hen within at perfect liberty to vacate the nest whenever she desires. Another object is to provide a marking device on the hens back which will print a character on a record within the nest entrance as the hen leaves the nest. These objects I aim to accomplish by employing a minimum number of parts, making the device extremely simple.

In carrying out my invention I employ a frame attachable to the nest proper in which slides a raisable member which partially obstructs the opening to the nest and which is lifted by the hen as she enters, the same resuming a lowered position when the hen is within and also being locked so that another hen cannot raise it from with out until the hen within restores it to the original position upon leaving the nest. I further employ a type block attached to the back of the hen, which block makes an ink print upon a roll of paper within the movable member asthe hen leaves the nest.

The full objects and advantages of my invention will appear in connection with the detaileddescrlption thereof and are" par ticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, illustrating the' ap'plication of'my invention in one form,

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of my egg recording'nest'entrance with the front curtain removed. Fi 2 is a sectional view of the same'taken on'line 2 -2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 2 taken on line 3- '--3ro'f Fig; 1 showing a hen entering the nest. Figs. 4 and 5 are views similar to Fig. 3 of a portion of the device shown therein with some of the artsin dif-% ferent positions. Fig. 6 is a p an view oft; the marking device removed from the hens back. Figs 7 is a sectionalview of the the ink pad-38'.-

i "which again bend parallel to the roll 37 at 17 which bends to form a horizontal portion 18, which, in turn, is bent back on itself at 19 to form a loop or recess 20. From 19 each of the side frames 15 and 16 runs vertically parallel at 21 with the portion 17 to form a guideway 22, to be later explained, and bends horizontally at 23 to form the top of the framework of the trap nest entrance. The top portion 23 is bent downward to form a vertical member 24 which lies fiatagainst the wall of the nest box 25, and portion 24 extends outward from the nest box 25 at 26 in the form of a V and serves at that place to provide means at which to attach the entrance platform 27 secured thereto by staples 28. The last portion 29 of each of the side frames 15 and 16 bends vertically upward from the V-shaped member 26 and is looped about the frame portion 18 at 30 and solderedat the joint, leaving the sharpened end 31 projecting past the recess 20 into the center of the guideway 22. Both side frames 15 and 16 are hung to the nest box 25 by hooks 32 which engage the same at the corners formed by the frame portions 23 and 24. The whole frame entrance is covered by fabric'curt'ains 33, 34, 35 and 36 covering thetop, sides and front of the entrance, re-

spectively.

The device serving as a door to the entrance, or the raisable member, carries the m'ark recording device as is clearly shown in Figs. 3, 4 and '5. This latter device includes a roll of paper 37 and an ink pad 38. The frame 39 of this raisable member is made ofa single piece of wire which is substantially rectangular in portions 40, 41, 42, 48, 44 and 45. This frame 39, however, deviates from its rectangularity in that portions 42 and 43 bend downward at 46 and 47 and form loops 48 and 49 which serve as bearings and supports for the paper roll 37 and then bend backward in the portions 50,

51 to form an axis for the oscillation of Portions 41 and 44 of this .in place on the hens back.

slidable frame member extend beyond the frame portions 21 and 17 of the side frames 15 and 16 and have plates 52andf '53 'figidly attached thereto, which plates are Wider than the guideway 22 and serve to retaintlie' slidable door 39 within the structures 15 and l'ii. 1

Each hen is provided with a marker such as shown in Figs. 6, 7 and 8. This marker comprises atypeblock 55v which is pivotally mounted in a wire frame 56. The: flame.

loops are tied. cords 63 which pass under the, wings of the hen and hold the device slidable member 39 of the nest en tranceis normally positioned as vshown in Figsr2 and 3 with portions 42 and 43 thereof positioned in the space between portions 31, 18' audit? of the side frames 15 and 16. Curtain 36 hangs below the slidab le member but does not reach the platform 27 and so presents-a low opening to the view of thehen who perches upon the platform 27.

On entering the nest the hen stoops and engages the lower portion 64 of curtain 36 with her back and brings it under the roll ofpaper 37. As she progresses into the nest she raises the whole. frame 39, andpor- *tions 42, 4:3, 39 and .45 slide upward in the gu ideways 22, portions 42 and 43 being raised\ -above the ends of side frames 15 and. 16. the movable member 39- is advanced and portions-42 and 43 pass by-the ends 31,. and when the hen finally passes into the nest the movable member is left in the position shown in Fig. 4. The portions and 45 of "the raisable member 39 are prevented from raising above the portions 23 of the side frames 15 and 16 by pins 67 looped about said portions and slidable thereon to cover the guideways 22. It will be noted in Fig. 3 that portion 64of the curtain protects the paper 37 from being either moved by the block or the henfs back, or printed upon, and that the pad 38- is so hung that the inked surface 65 does not-come in contact with the hens' bade-thus allowing the hen-to enter without actuating the marks mg device.- s

While a hen is occ pyin-g anest the en trance to thesa-me is closed to the passage of another-hens lhis-will seen from the position of the movable member 39, as shown in Fig. 4. v If, now, a hentries to enter the nest she" would be unable to raise member 39 because portions 42 and 43 thereof-are locatedu-intherecesses 20' and are hence deprived of vertical sliding. motion.

When the confined hen, however, wishes-"to leaive thenest Willi heat erfect liberty At the same time the bottom of to do so, as portions 42 and 43 will be brought out of the recesses 20 and will be able-to follow a'pathsimilar to that taken as the. hen enters, passing over and above the ends 31.

The ink pad 38 is made of one piece of sheet metal bent to have a V-shaPtdcro'sssection with its two sides folded over at 66 and 67 to clench a heavy piece of fabric 65 il'npregnated with printingink. Lips 69 on the endsaof' the ink padare bent up and perforated to allow the portion 51 of the frame 39 to passftherethrough and act asan axis for the oscillation of said ink pad.

The roll of paper 37 is attached to a core 54, restrained from unwinding too fast by springs 100, and is adapted tounwind loosely into a receptacle 68 formed from a band of sheetmetal curvedin the form of a portion of a cylinder and attached to= the fra-me39 at the union 7.0 of the portions 40 and 45 thereof. As the paper is normally rolled on core 54- it is; curled, and as it un- Win-ds it readily adapts itself to this receptacle from which it may be easily removed from day to day. In order to insert a new roll of paper it is only necessary to spring out the arms 50, when the roll can be removed and a new one replaced.

The action of the recording member of my invention is shown in Figs. 4 and 5. When a hen is within the nestthe partsare as shown in- Fig 4, In leaving the same the hen raises the raisable member 39&- so that portions-42 and 43 thereof pass the pointed ends 31 ha manner similar to'the procedure-on entering-i. As soon as the raisablemember: is brought forward portions 41 and 42 engage the vertical portion 17 of the side frames 15- and 1-6 and the raisable member 39 is held still. As the hen passes out the edge of the type block 55 engages the edge 6'? of the ink pad 38- and turns the same downward, as shown in. Fig. 5 in full lines, and as the hen finally leaves the ink pad is turned as shown in dotted lines in that figure and the type block makes a print upon the roll of paper 37, as also shown in dot-ted'linesin the same figure. The block. 55- purposely pivoted at 58xto thewire frame so that thetype shall be certain to print even if the hen take a slightly abnormal position in leaving the-nest. When the. hen has :left the nest it willfbe' noted that the cheap and easily constructed; The member" raised by thehen in entering is fairly light and does not hinder the hen. The fewness of parts tmdi-the simple and: positive action of the'same wilhnoidoubt thec'dev-ico adapted for use where other similar devices would be too complicated and difiicult to maintain in working order.

I claim:

1. A laying-nest having an opening for permitting a hen to enter or go out, a marker member carried upon the back of the hen, a mark-receiving device supported in the entrance, and a shield coverlng said mark=receiving device when the hen enters the nest for preventing the marker member from making a record and adapted to permit the marker member to make a record upon the receiving device when the hen leaves the nest.

2. A laying-nest having an opening for permitting a hen to enter or leave the nest, a marker member carried upon the back of the hen, a frame extending above the opening, a roll of paper carried by the frame and adapted to be engaged by the hen as it passes under the same to lift said frame and admit the hen, and an inking pad pivoted to said frame having an inking surface facing inward from said opening and presenting a smooth lower surface, said marking member engaging the smooth surface as the hen enters and engaging the inked surface as the hen leaves the nest and thereafter engaging the roll of paper to make a mark thereon.

3. A laying-nest having an opening for permitting a hen to enter or leave the nest, a roll of paper positioned in said opening, a frame secured to the back of a hen, and a marker member pivoted to said frame to oscillate transversely of the hen so as to make a complete mark upon the roll of paper Whatever the position of the hen or frame.

4. A laying-nest having an entrance opening for admitting a hen, a marker member carried upon the back of the hen, a frame extending above the entrance opening, a roll of paper carried by said frame and adapted to be engaged by the hen as it passes under the same to lift said frame and admit the hen, and an inking pad held within said nest from said frame so as not to be engaged as the hen enters the nest, said marker member upon the back of the hen being adapted Copies 01' this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

to engage and tip the inking member as the hen leaves the nest and thereafter to engage said roll of paper and to rotate the same as the hen passes beneath.

5. A laying-nest having an entrance opening for admitting a hen, a marker member carried upon the back of the hen, a frame extending above the entrance opening, a roll of paper carried by said frame and adapted to be engaged by the hen as it passes under the same to lift said frame and admit the hen, an inking pad held within said nest from said frame so as not to be engaged as the hen enters the nest, said marker member upon the back of the hen being adapted to engage and tip the inking member as the hen leaves the nest and thereafter to engage said roll of paper and to rotate the same as the hen passes beneath, and a shield-likecasing carried by the frame for receiving and loosely rolling the paper as the same is un rolled from the roll by reason of passage of hens out of the nest.

6. A laying-nest having an entrance opening for admitting a hen, a marker member carried upon the back of the hen, a frame extending above the entrance opening, a roll of paper carried by said frame and adapted to be engaged by the hen as it passes under the same to lift said frame and admit the hen, a pair of arms extending inwardly from said frame, and a frame triangular in cross section connected with said arms and having an inking pad on one side thereof, said frame being overbalanced and pivoted near one of said sides so as to hold the inking pad directed in a substantially vertical plane toward the inside of the nest, said frame having the corner opposite the pad rounded so that the frame can only be tilted downward to ink the marker when the hen engages the edge of the ink pad in leaving the nest.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEOPOLD s. LINDER.

Witnesses H. A. BOWMAN, A. M. ROYAL.

Washington, D. 0. 

